Isaac dutton



(No Model.)

-I. D'UTTON.

GATE.

Patented Nov, 8, 1888.

WITNESSES.-

ATTORNEY.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICEQ ISAAC DUTTON, OF "HARBOR SPRINGS, MICHIGAN.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 392,319, dated November 6, 1888.

Application filed June 1, 1888. Serial No. 275,703. (No model.) i

T0 at whom it may concern: Be it known that I, Isaac DUTTON, of Harbor Springs, in the county of Emmet and State of Michigan, have invented a new and Improved Gate, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to gates, and has special reference to swinging gates.

The invention has for its object to provide a swinging gate which may be tilted, and which will be selfclosing.

The invention consists in a gate constructed and arranged as hereinafter described and gate, 1, with a diagonal bar, 2, having a rearwardly-extending end, 3, formed with a tapering socket, 4, in which is located the pivot-pin 5, projecting from the top of the post 6. The size of the socket 4 is such as to permit the extended end 3 of bar 2 to rock in a vertical plane on the pin 5 when the outer end of the gate is lifted. To permit this vertical movement of the outer end of the gate, its lower rear corner is hinged by means of a loose connection, preferably consisting of a chain, 7, connected to the post 6 and having a ring, 8, engaging the shouldered end 9 of the extended portion 10 of the lower horizontal bar, 11, of the gate.

The gate is latched by means of a tilting latch, 12, pivoted in a recess, 13, of the post 14, covered by a strip, 15. The rear end of the latch 12 is preferably formed with a serrated edge, 16, by means of which it can be raised from the opposite side of the gate.

In order to provide against cattle striking against the latch and unfastening the gate, a shield, 17, is located in the recess 13 and projects over one side of the latch. The latter is automatically engaged by the pin 18 on the gate when the latter closes, the pin 18 riding under the latch 12 and lifting it and entering the notch 19.

In opening the gate the extended portion 10 will bear against the post 6, and by means of the outer connection of the chain and extended portion 10, making the lower hinge eccentric with the upper hinge of the gate, will elevate the gate diagonally upward from its hinges, as shown at the left of Fig. 1, and give it a tendency to automatically close.

In the case of snow or other obstruction at the bottom of the gate the loose lower hingeconnection permits the gate to be raised up in a tilted position at its free end, as shown at the right in Fig. 1, and swung over the snow or other obstruction.

By means of this invention a gate is provided which will close automatically and can be raised over obstructions. While I have set forth a specific construction of parts, I do not intend to limit myself thereto, as they may be varied without departing from the essential features of the invention.

If desired, the gate may be hung to swing in both directions by duplicating the chain 7 and arranging the latch and post so that the end of the gate will swing clear.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with the pivot-post 6, of the swinging and tilting gate having a loose pivot-connection with the upper end of said post and provided with the rear projection, 10, bearing against the side of the post, and a chain, 7, attached to the outer end of said projection and to the post above the latter, as shown and described.

2. A swinging and tilting gate having'a projection at its upper hinged corner with a tapering socket and a projection at its lower hinged corner, in combination with a post having a pin projecting into the tapering socket of the projection at the upper hinged corner of the gate and a chain secured at one end to the post above the bottom of the gate, and connected at its other end to the end of the projection at the lower hinged corner of the gate, the projection bearing against the side of the post, substantially as specified.

3. A swinging gate, 1, constructed with diagonal bar 2, having projecting end 3, extending upward from iLs upper rear corner and provided with tapering socket 4, and Lhe lower bar, l1,wit h extended portion 10, in e0n1bination with post 6, having vertical pin 5 at its upper end projecting into socket 4, and the chain 7, secured to the post 6 above the lower portion of the gate and engaging the outer end ofthe extended portion 10, bearing against 10 the side of the post (i, substantially as described.

i \Vitnesses:

A LBERT L. Hii'rninm Y, NELSON BENNICT'I. 

